Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Detached belltower at the church of St. Mary
Bronllys, Powys, Wales
A Grade II* listed building in Bronllys, Powys, designated on 28 September 1961.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 28 September 1961
- Locality
- Bronllys
- Community
- Bronllys
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.00603, -3.24858
- Cadw reference
- 16833
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · 214 Talgarth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located within the churchyard of the Church of St. Mary, approximately 10m NE of the chancel.
Exterior
Exterior: Probably C13. A detached bell tower for the church. Tightly laid laminated sandstone with a tiled pyramidal roof. Central weathercock. The tower is of two stages, the lower set on a low plinth, the upper stepped in and having two ogee-headed openings on each side. Further small rectangular lights on the E, N and W sides. Modern door on W side facing towards church.
Included at Grade II* as an early medieval structure, contemporary with the occupation of the castle and as a rare surviving British example of a detached medieval belltower.
Reference: Haslam, R. 'Buildings of Wales' Powys (1979), 302.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St. MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Bronllys moated siteMoated Siteunder 1 mi
- Workshop and gallery at Bronllys Castle HouseDefenceunder 1 mi
- Castell BronllysCastleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.